Black-and-white photograph of a laboratory apparatus with wooden stands, a brass wheel, pulley, metal rods and wooden blocks on a table.

Fabry and Perot electrical apparatus, photograph, 1897

A black-and-white photograph of an experimental apparatus set on a wooden table, with wooden uprights, a brass wheel and pulley, metal rods, a hanging weight, and small wooden blocks. Thin wires run across the top of the frame against a plain pale background, with a flat base of thick boards below.

Artist: Charles Fabry
Date: 1897
Medium: Photographic prints
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 4000 × 2228 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1897.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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